‘Tis the season for misinformation with the NFL draft just three days away and Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner could be the latest prospect to find himself in the crosshairs.

A report came out Monday saying that Milliner may not be ready for the start of training camp as he continues to recover from a surgery to his labrum following the NFL combine. If true, it’s increasingly more likely that Milliner, considered the top defensive back in the draft, could slip during the first round on Thursday night.

However, the validity of that information may be tough to determine this close to the draft. In fact, those around the NFL are already questioning it.

Per Cabot, those she has talked to believe the negative reports are part of a smear campaign against Milliner in hopes of dropping his draft stock. A team hopeful to snag Milliner later in the draft could be pushing the narrative of his recovery not going to plan in hopes teams would shy away at the last-minute.

However, with all the medical checks prospects undergo during the lead up to the draft – Milliner was evaluated again by league personnel at the combine re-check just three weeks ago – teams should feel very comfortable about their evaluation of his medicals. It would be a surprise to see his stock slide considerably at this stage in the process.

It’s usually lower teams or agents of rival players. It happened to Aaron Rodgers who was said to have a weird throwing motion when all he did was just hold the ball high on the shelf, but was deadly accurate.

Maybe he don’t wanna be a jet ahahaha nah but it happens every year to a lot of players like cam newton and ryan mallet

txnative61 says:Apr 23, 2013 1:51 AM

Dirty tricks in the NFL! What a surprise! Say it ain’t soooo!!!

mwindle1973 says:Apr 23, 2013 3:01 AM

I don’t get it anyway. If you are drafting that high, even if he missed games. Are you drafting the guy for a few games or for several seasons of production? His surgery was already known about. So his draft stock was set based on the surgery. If you are drafting for this season, then you are making a mistake. Probably should have signed a free agent vet to pad for the unknown then. CBs have quite a learning curve their first season anyway.

I sucks if teams do stuff like this. old rooky pay would not be a big deal, but sliding two or three spots now is the difference of buying my mom a house and a car to say thanks for everything you did for me.

skoobyfl says:Apr 23, 2013 3:31 AM

First team that comes to mind rhyming with bets?

jiveturkeygobbler says:Apr 23, 2013 3:47 AM

If this is any indication of how his attitude will be, let him slide. No one needs a cancer in the locker room that doesn’t want to be there in the first place.

Any one else feel that this year’s draft process is a bit more on the sales pitchy, desperate-to-get-a-job side?

Was watching some show featuring Lattimore, Barkley, Mingo and Geno Smith and I swear, if it didn’t feel like the process made them into used car-salesman, it certainly brought them to the edge of begging for a chance in the NFL.

2 problems with your logic “”borisbulldog””….. a) revis never matched up w/gronk; AND, b) im not sure stevie johnson has ever had a bad game against him, all the prime real-estate on revis island has been tagged sj13 pwns here